A Soft Reset (or Forced Restart) differs from a Hard Reset (or Factory Restore) in that it doesn’t delete any essential data from the smartphone or tablet but you may lose some RAM or temporary data, for example any unsaved game progress or the page you were viewing on a website.
A Hard Reset on the other hand would only be required when you want to wipe all data from the device, starting it over.
1. The seoft reset process is really easy, just unlock your screen and hold down power button.
2. Now on your screen should appear this menu with few options.
3. Find and choose Reboot option and tap on it to finish the whole process.
4. And that's it! your device will restart itself annd should work faster afterwards.
Soft resets are usually conducted in an attempt to fix malfunctioning applications or because they're required for software installation.
Soft reset contrasts with hard reset, which removes all user data, settings and applications and returns a device to the same state it was in when it shipped from the factory.